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Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Brent Rooker of the Athletics, Mets pitcher David Peterson, Jo Adell of the Angels, Tyler Black of the Brewers, Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox and Willson Contreras of the Cardinals.
Player of the Day
Schwellenbach struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Yankees.
Schwellenbach recorded a +13.0 Box-Toppers game score, highest among all Braves players, highest among all Wednesday Player of the Game winners and the highest by a Player of the Game winner during the 2025 spring training season.
This was his third Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor this spring. He also did it Feb. 25 in the 2-1 win over the Pirates (2IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND) and March 2 in the 11-1 win over the Yankees (3IP H 0R 0BB K ND).
He also had the most 2024 Box-Toppers points among Wednesday’s Player of the Game winners. His 7.7 points was 41st among NL pitchers.
Patrick Corbin, 35, signs 1yr deal with #Rangers. Corbin earned 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with #Nationals, 66th among NL pitchers. His 97.4 career B-T points is now 7th among active AL pitchers.
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Mar 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Craig Kimbrel, 36, signed to minor league deal by #Braves. Kimbrel earned 6.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with #Orioles, 5th among all closing pitchers. However, his last B-T point was 7/7 & he was released by BAL in Sept. His 94.1 career B-T pts is 4th among all CPs since 1995, 1st among active CPs.
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Mar 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Career Box-Toppers points closing pitchers, since 1995* 1—Trevor Hoffman 128.4 2—Mariano Rivera 126.4 3—Billy Wagner 108.7 4—Craig Kimbrel #Braves 94.1 5—Troy Percival 81.7 6—Brett Myers 72.2 7—Kenley Jansen #Angels 69.4 8—Aroldis Chapman #RedSox 69.1 9—Robb Nen 65.0 *B-T tracking began in 1995
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Mar 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
American League Player of the Day
Brent Rooker of the Athletics homered, hit a sacrifice fly and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 8-3 win over the Guardians.
Rooker earned 6.5 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 13th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Tyler Black of the Brewers hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-4 win over the White Sox.
Black, 24, played in 18 games with the Brewers in 2024, but did not earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in any of them and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points. His rookie status is still intact for 2025.
American League Batter of the Day
There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Brent Rooker.
Notable
While Schwellenbach won his third Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of spring Wednesday, there are four others who won the honor for the second time during 2025 spring training:
Mets pitcher David Peterson (5IP 2H 0R 3BB 4K W in the 8-2 win over the Astros) was also Player of the Game March 8 in the 7-3 win over the Marlins (4IP H 0R 2BB 2K W).
Jo Adell of the Angels (HR 2B 3-4 2R 2BI in the 6-3 win over the Guardians) was also Player of the Game March 8 in the 6-2 win over the Brewers (HR 1-3 R 3BI).
Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox (2-3 R 2BI in the 6-4 win over the Tigers) was also Player of the Game March 1 in the 8-4 win over the Twins (2B 3-3 R 3BI).
Willson Contreras of the Cardinals (2-2 R BI in the 7-1 win over the Nationals) was also Player of the Game March 1 in the 3-2 win over the Nationals (HR 1-3 R 2BI).
Wednesday’s games
There were 12 completed spring training games between two Major League teams Wednesday. In the 12 games, there were nine Player of the Game winners who had previously earned Box-Toppers points in regular season games. In three of Wednesday’s games, the Player of the Game winner was a player who has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in the regular season and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
Scoring
No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day:
Scwhellenbach would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Rooker would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Black would have earned 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Wednesday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) would have earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
About Box-Toppers
Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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Box‑Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).| 3/19 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | ATL 4, NYY 0 | Spencer Schwellenbach (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| AL | +4.0 | ATH 8, CLE 3 | Brent Rooker DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | NYM 8, HOU 2 | David Peterson (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| +3.2 | `SF 3, KC 1 | Jordan Hicks | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 6, CLE 3 | Jo Adell CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | NYY 9, PHI 7 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | MIL 5, CHW 4 | Tyler Black 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | `ARI 1, COL 0 | Kyle Amendt (H, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | BOS 6, DET 4 | Ceddanne Rafaela CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | STL 7, WSH 1 | Willson Contreras DH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 3, TEX 2 | Jorge Polanco 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | TB 5, PIT 2 | Bob Seymour 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box‑Toppers points.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
All other players listed here would earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box‑Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2025. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for the period 2020-2024 (’20-24) and each players’ career point total. (Player of the Game winners not listed here have yet to earn Box-Toppers points during the regular season.)Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’25 | ’24 | ’20‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwellenbach, Spencer 5035 | pi sp | atl nl | 0.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Rooker, Brent 4795 | dh | oak al | 0.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Peterson, David 4347 | pi sp | nym nl | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
| Hicks, Jordan 3991 | pi sp | sf nl | 0.0 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 13.4 |
| Contreras, Willson 3776 | ca dh | stl nl | 0.0 | 3.5 | 19.0 | 31.5 |
| Chisholm, Jazz Jr. 4364 | cf | nyy al | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Rafaela, Ceddane 4988 | ss | bos al | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Polanco, Jorge 3739 | 2b | sea al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 19.7 |
| Adell, Jo 4527 | lf pr | ana al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2025 (’25)†, last year (’24), over a five-year period (’20-24) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’25† | ’24 | ’20‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | Crismatt, Nabil 4449 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| ATL | Iglesias, Raisel 3467 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 33.7 |
| TB | Bradley, Taj 4780 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| TOR | Rodriguez, Yariel 4979 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| HOU | VanWey, Logan* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIA | Junk, Janson 4697 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| KC | Bubic, Kris 4413 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| CIN | Ashcraft, Graham 4645 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| LAA | Hurtado, Joel* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Perez, Martin 3213 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 20.5 | 40.2 |
| ATH | Estes, Joey 5000 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 57.8 | 63.5 |
| NYM | Senga, Kodai 4762 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| WSH | Ogasawara, Shinnosuke* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BOS | Newcomb, Sean 3831 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 20.1 |
| MIN | Paddack, Chris 4093 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 31.5 |
| NYY | Warren, Will* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BAL | Sugano, Tomoyuki* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COL | Marquez, German 3788 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.1 | 52.2 |
| TEX | Rocker, Kumar 5108 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TEX | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 16.4 |
| SD | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Games shown are spring training games between MLB teams. Doesn't include games vs. non-MLB teams.
† Players don’t earn Box-Toppers points in spring training games, only regular season games, so no pitcher has earned any points in 2025.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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